The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
An Extra Session of Congress Now Thought
neyitable-Senatoria Denunciation of
the Course Pursued by She House.
The President Vetoes the Bill Proposing
Public Building at Lafayette.
Status of Bills Authorizing Buildings at LO.
gansport and Richmond-Views of Rail-
way Men as to the Interstate Law.
AN EXTRA SESSION.
The Delay in the House Will Probably Force
the President to Call One.

the President to Call One.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-It looks now very
much as if an extra session of Congress was al
most inevitable. An extra session can only be
avoided by the Senate abdicating it's constitu-
tional functions and railrcadng the remaining
appropriation bills through precisely they
come from the House. Against this all the lead
ing Senators of both political parties are sternly
protesting. They unite in declaring that the
House has dilly -dallied and shily shallied like
squad of boys instead of maturing and passing
these bills in statesmanlke shape, they should
be- The other day Senotor Beck declared in the
Senate that the conduct of the House in holding
back these bills was shameful, and he blushed
with shame whenever he contrasted the pro-
ceedings of his party confrsres with the straight
forward action of the Republicans when they
were in control Many other Democrats both
in the House and Senate, are as wrathy as Beck,
and fully as emphatic in their denunciations as
he is. Mr.. Wise, of Virginia for instance in
troduced a pet measure of his early in the first
session of this Congress, but there it has
stuck ever since, and now it seems
| to be hopeless task to try to get it
passed at this session. and if it goes over it will
! go far toward booming him to defeat
in 1883. Many other Democrats, as well as Re-
| pubcans also. have been enthusiastic in their
efforts to secure the passage of the bill to elevate
| the Agricultural Bureau into an independent de-
partment. but the bill has been cruciiied be-
tween appropriation bills. and now only mira
Gle can save it from defeat; aud SO it is with
many other important bills. For this condition
| of affairs the Democrats of the House alone are
responsible. The Republicans have interrosed
no factious opposition whatever to the measures
of the majority. What they could couscien-
tiously approve they have promptly voted for,
and what they could not approve they have just
as promptly voted against. No dilatory tactics
have been resorted to, and no unfair obstacles
have been thrown in the way of the majority
| Speaker Carlisle has developea into frst-elass
time server, SO far as rushing business is con-
! cerned, and his ncapacity has been intensified
and magnifed by want of business qualiica-
| tions on the part OF most of those who voted to
make him Speaker. To these two causes. and
to them alone. is due the present woful condi-
ton of the business of the Nation in the House.
| The responsibility will rest where it Justly be-
longs.
Senatorial Denunciation of the House.
| To the Western Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-War is brewing be-
| tween the two houses of Congress Members
| of the Senate committee on appropriations.
who are usually very guarded in their utter
ances, make no concealment of their opinion
that an extra session is new almost inevitable,
| nor do they hesitate to place the blame where
they think it belongs. After two or three con-
ferences on the sundry civil bill last week,
which were almost nu!lified By the early with
drawal of the House conferees, a meeting was
secured at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. which
was intended by the Senate members to last
| through the day, and through last night as well
| if necessary to complete the bill and clear the
desks for the remaining appropriation bills
The programme was broken up by the chairman
of the House committee appropriations, who,
at o'clock, left to meet engagement The
cOnferees met again between and o'clock in
| the evening, but before midnight the same gen.
tleman withdrew, after giving notice that he
could not meet his fellow conferees again until
Tuesday night. Members of the Senate commit
tee express great Indignation at the whole later
course of proceedings by tho House and its
managers in respect to the appropriation bills.
| Four of the annual appropriation bills have not
yet reached the Senate There is already talk
of the passage of a resolution extending the ap-
preparations for six months upon the basis OF
those OF tie current year. 1t is said in the Sen
ate that this expedient. besides leading en
tanglements and unnecessary expenditures in
islative and naval bills. The matters to be pro-
vided for in the sundry civil ard deficiency bills
would still. it is believed, demand explicit atten
tiOn and definite appropriations.